Summary Of Circle Mirror Transformation
Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation is a comical play about aspiring actors. These actors meet in a community center for acting class. The world of the play is believable that it could be taking place right now. In this center, the actors meet regularly to learn how to act. Their teacher is slightly unorthodox in her methods. While she never really conveys how to act, she continually has them exercise. With seemingly unrelated routines for acting, her exercises invoke thought by the participants. Over the weeks that follow, the actors build bonds within their group. They begin to realize each other in a way that reveals certain characteristics of each other. We learn that teacher is instructing a group that has her own husband as a
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The class seems like a “mom and pop” organization. This indicates that the community center is probably in an area that is economically challenged. With each group dealing with individual issues, this is a place to forget their own stressors and help those around them in need. Considering the economics and the use of a community recreation center, you can begin to envision the confines of this class. It is most likely structurally sound with a little more wear and tear that a fresh coat of paint can’t cover. The personality of the students can be seen in the mirror with its crack. It’s not broken or crumbling but slightly imperfect and so no matter how perfect the characters try to act onstage, the image through the crack in the mirror shows them slightly different.. The space allows the instructor and actors to interact and “perform” in the space. It is simple enough to not distract from the action being portrayed. In a small way, I was able to identify with some of the students. As a relatively new theatre student, I have certain assumptions of performance and they way to get there. Some of the exercises that these actors endured sometimes makes you question why they are relevant to acting. This was an effective way for the audience to learn the characters and their individual
The class seems like a “mom and pop” organization. This indicates that the community center is probably in an area that is economically challenged. With each group dealing with individual issues, this is a place to forget their own stressors and help those around them in need. Considering the economics and the use of a community recreation center, you can begin to envision the confines of this class. It is most likely structurally sound with a little more wear and tear that a fresh coat of paint can’t cover. The personality of the students can be seen in the mirror with its crack. It’s not broken or crumbling but slightly imperfect and so no matter how perfect the characters try to act onstage, the image through the crack in the mirror shows them slightly different.. The space allows the instructor and actors to interact and “perform” in the space. It is simple enough to not distract from the action being portrayed. In a small way, I was able to identify with some of the students. As a relatively new theatre student, I have certain assumptions of performance and they way to get there. Some of the exercises that these actors endured sometimes makes you question why they are relevant to acting. This was an effective way for the audience to learn the characters and their individual